Wood stoves and fireplaces are great for warming gardeners’ chilly hands and feet, but what are we to do with the resulting ashes? Many gardening books advise throwing these ashes in the garden. Wood ...

Wood ash can be used sparingly in gardens, spread thinly over lawns, and stirred thoroughly into compost piles. Lawns needing lime and potassium benefit from wood ash — 10 to 15 pounds per 1,000 ...

Wood ash, which is literally ash from burned wood, can be used as fertilizer for fruit trees due, to its ability to provide nutrients. Here's how to use it.

If you've got leftover wood ash in your fireplace, don't throw it out. Instead, try out one of these alternative uses for ...

Not everyone has an orchard, a woodlot, or a major wood-burning habit. But even a bit of ash from the occasional fire on cold nights makes a good end-of-winter gift for a favorite tree.

Wood ash do’s and don’ts. Bob in Wardensville wants to know how to use his huge store of wood ashes in the garden. You can apply 1/4 to 1/2 cup of hardwood ash to the soil underneath perennial ...

Lawns needing lime and potassium benefit from wood ash — 10 to 15 pounds per 1,000 square feet, Perry said. “This is the amount you may get from one cord of firewood,” he said.

One garden myth is that wood ash makes an excellent soil amendment. It is organic after all. Before applying fireplace ashes to garden soils, understand that the benefits may not outweigh the risk.